SHEET A1 — SUBJECT HISTORY
From a yellow notepad to 20+ years in real estate.
Husband and father first. Montana-raised, curious by nature, and never content with “that’s just how it’s done.”
SHEET A2 — LOCATION MAP
Four places that built him.
Service, personal growth, independence and a commitment to leaving things better than he found them.
Los Angeles
The bustle of his younger years.
NW Montana
Formative years exploring wide-open country.
Baltimore
Two years serving as a missionary and sharing his faith in Jesus Christ.
Las Vegas
2002: an appraisal internship and a notepad of new words.
SHEET A3 — CAREER LOG
How the experience stacked up.
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2002
Appraisal intern, Las Vegas
Drove an old Honda with no A/C down from Montana knowing nothing about real estate. Equity, mortgage, title, lien: all on a yellow notepad.
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2000s
Appraisal office → his own firm
Managed a successful appraisal office, then opened his own appraisal and consulting firm, and started investing.
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2008–10
The crash, then a broker’s license
His investor network carried him through. Licensed in 2010, he sold fix-and-flips for investor friends and his own projects.
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Lender
In-house appraisal for a national lender
Built, staffed and trained the department. Putting out appraisal fires nationwide showed him the gaps nobody was closing.
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Teach
Live trainings → Value Driven Agent
Tired of band-aids, he built methods that stop valuation, pricing and appraisal problems before they start.
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Invest
Thousands of deals underwritten
Worked alongside some of the largest wholesalers and flippers, sat on a fin-tech advisory board, and in 2021–22 matched buyers with off-market homes while others lost bidding wars.
SHEET A4 — FIELD NOTES
What he’d tell you over coffee.
Commissions alone aren’t a career.
Work in real estate without investing in it and you leave your own knowledge on the table.
Fix the cause, not the symptom.
Clear communication and the right expectations prevent most appraisal problems before they start.
You can’t earn time back.
Anyone can make more money. He paid for his mistakes so you don’t spend years without traction.